DAY 23, LEG 97 - Cairns to Sydney
Our eventual goal for day 23 is to deliver the aircraft all the way to Hamilton, New Zealand, where the engineers at Eagle Airways will remove the ferry tanks we had fitted in South America and perform an in-depth maintenance check. Therefore there isn't much time to enjoy the rainforests of northeastern Queensland and we press on to Sydney.
This leg is an important one as far as the tour is concerned as it will take us to Bankstown Airport in Sydney. This airport is a busy GA airfield and was the start point for the previous world tour so it has been a planned destination for this tour from the beginning.
Ready for departure at Cairns.
Take off from runway 15 at Cairns.
Climbing out over the Trinity Inlet.
Dunk Island, part of the Family Islands National Park.
Townsville Airport and city.
Stretching our legs in the cabin while we cruise over Queensland.
Looking east over the vast plain.
Lake Maraboon, near Emerald, Queensland.
Starting our descent into Sydney.
Suburban Sydney.
On final approach to Bankstown.
Final approach to runway 11C at Bankstown.
YBCS - YSBK stats
Take off time: 0852
Landing time: 1344
Flight time: 03:52 (+1 hour time difference)
Fuel used: 1636kgs / 3599lbs
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